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“War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance.”
“No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime.”
“This time we'll be fighting for the nation. The company commander says that it's better to be the ghost of a fallen soldier than a nationless slave. For the sake of our fellow countrymen, our famil...”
“When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.”
“The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.”
“On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.”
“We do not guess outcomes or consider if consequences are right wrong or ethical. We execute our ordersnot question them. We are soldiers and we are at war against all terroristsforeign and domestic...”
“The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill and then came down again: The king of Spain with twenty thousand more Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.”
“God and a soldier all .people adore In time of war but not before And when war is over and all things are righted God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.”
“Home they brought her warrior dead.”
“How sleep the brave who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest!”
“We are coming Father Abraham three hundred thousand more.”
“For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that and "Chuck 'im out the brute." But it's "Savior of 'is country " when the guns begin to shoot.”
“It is not the guns or armament Or the money they can pay It's the close co-operation That makes them win the day. It is not the individual Or the army as a whole But the everlastin' teamwork Of e...”
“A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.”
“But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add...”
“The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo No more on Life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread And Glo...”
“There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.”
“I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.”
